<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Tweets - First off, NOBODY brought us pie on Pi Day. Other than that, though, we had a really good morning at the park. It was sunny, windless, and while it was a frosty 32 degrees at the start, it reached 50 degrees by the end. LOT of singing and other signs of the ramping up of the breeding season.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Highlights:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Greater White-fronted Goose - Today, the two were seen from the Lake Platform</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> American Wigeon - Three amongst the large flock of Mallards on Fields 7-8-9 at sunrise<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Band-tailed Pigeon - One near the east end of the boardwalk. First of Year (FOY)<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Five Woodpecker Day - With lots of calling and drumming. Looks at all but Hairy, which called near the windmill<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Shrike sp. - One about 7:15 north of Fields 7-8-9<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Tree Swallow - Somewhere around 6 or 8, seen checking nest boxes both at the Pea Patch and East Meadow (FOY)<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Everywhere, with lots of singing, calling, and flashing of ruby crowns<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Varied Thrush - Perhaps 2 heard near the south end of the Dog Area, and one seen near the mansion<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Western Meadowlark - Five in and around the East Meadow, some singing<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> coyote - Tracy and I saw one predawn at the Model Airplane Field (foy)<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I was not able to get close enough to the shrike to rule out Loggerhead; we've seen Loggerhead Shrike 3 years previously during this week of the year, accounting for 15% of shrike sightings during Week 11. That's a high enough ratio that I won't just assume this was a Northern Shrike. That said, most of our LOSH sightings (in fact, all our other sightings) have been in April.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Great Blue Heronry is getting very active, with herons sitting down in many of the nests, lots of nest building observed, and one copulation observed as well.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Short-billed Gull, Violet-green Swallow, Purple Finch, and American Goldfinch.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">For the day, 62 species. We're up to 78 species for the year.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">= Michael Hobbs</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">= BirdMarymoor@gmail.com</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">= www.marymoor.org/birding.htm</div></div></body></html>